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Pat Patrick, like
John Gilmore, spent virtually his entire career with
Sun Ra's Arkestra, leading to him being somewhat underrated.
Patrick had a particularly appealing sound on baritone and, although he did not lead any record sessions of his own, he was one of the better baritonists of the 1950s and '60s. As a child he studied piano, drums, and trumpet before switching to saxophones. At Du Sable High School in Chicago he first met
John Gilmore.
Patrick did record with
John Coltrane (Africa Brass), play briefly with
Duke Ellington, was a member of a little-known version of
Thelonious Monk's quartet (1970), and in 1974 he recorded with
the Jazz Composer's Orchestra. But otherwise,
Pat Patrick from 1954 on and off until his death was closely associated with
Sun Ra, where he was a reliable sideman. ~ Scott Yanow